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Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Apr 28, 2023

Bankless Ventures 🫡 @banklessvc

David Hoffman

@TrustlessState

Apr 28, 2023

✨ Bankless Ventures ✨ @BanklessVC - an 30m early-stage VC fund, empowering pioneers to explore the frontier 🌅 Lead by me, Ryan, and @benlakoff! With guidance from @drakefjustin and @sassal0x too An announcement, some thoughts, and our strategy: bankless.com/why-were-launc…

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Mar 3, 2021

I have 17 zoom calls today. 17. Who does that?

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Jul 21, 2021

Thanks @0xPolygon @chainlink for the lunch at @EthCC 🔥🔥🇫🇷

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Nov 17, 2024

BKK had @ETHGlobal 's largest hackathon ever. 2,750 attendees. 697 projects. 86 countries From the judging corner, we saw a LOT of: AI Agents Memecoins Prediction Markets Wallets / Payments Telegram mini apps (yet - nothing built on TON tho?) Great job to all the hackers!

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Aug 27, 2024

There are 395 side events scheduled for Token2049 in Singapore. wtf.

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Jul 9, 2024

Thanks for coming to the @BanklessVC run this morning 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💪 See you at @Permissionless for the next one 🫡❤️

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Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Feb 11, 2022

Just realized I still have my #flufhaus miami VIP lanyard in my bag…. Round 2 Flufhaus LA let’s go 🚀 See you soon @FLUF_World

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Aug 16, 2025

Last week @heavendex raised $27M in an ICO. "Another launchpad, AMM" but w/ 100% of revenue back & burn $LIGHT A couple days in, platform (partially) live: ~$885K buybacks (1.54% supply) - 5,593 tokens created - $52M in volume. Rolling out many more features. Love to see it.

12 years after crypto's first ICO, and there are only a few business models left standing: chains, cexs, dexs, amms, launchpads, wallets, terminals, marketplaces, bridges, and infra. Within each of...

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Jul 19, 2023

Thanks for joining the @banklessvc run this am! Enjoy your ETHCC 🇫🇷🏃🏃‍♀️✅

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Sep 30, 2022

1 / Tips for Founders Raising $$ Me: I’ve grown, sold and failed companies. I’ve been part of teams & raised >$150M in funding. I’ve invested in >50 projects, mentor at fantastic web3 accelerators and have seen a deck or two. Here are some tips from both sides of the table 🧵

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Jan 11, 2019

"The other problem with gold reserves is that they’re physically vulnerable. When the Nazis conquered countries in Europe, the first place they went to was a central bank’s gold reserves." - @NickSzabo4 #btc #bitcoinsummit

Steph Vaughan

@GoodStephV

Jan 8, 2019

.@NickSzabo4 discussing cryptocurrencies #bitcoinsummit

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Oct 3, 2022

Ninja Cat. We like the cats. @coolcatsnft #coolcats

Ben Lakoff

@benlakoff

Apr 17, 2021

There's a lot of #NFTs out there. Time to stand out and create something even more truly unique in the space. Check out how: publish0x.com/charged-partic… @publish0x @DefiNft

Creating Truly Unique NFTs To Stand Out From The Masses

1/ Vested (team / investor) Tokens Locked within Tradable NFTs are going to be 🔥🔥 Just one use case that @DefiNft enables. Called "Vesting Capsules" are NFTs, filled with time-locked ERC-20 (or 721/1155) tokens. Read: link.medium.com/ndoj5BrMJmb Why we're excited? 👇👇

VESTING CAPSULES: Vested Tokens Locked within Tradable NFTs

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